Bookbinding



Jan. 2, 1945. no. w. sUTVTER BOKBINDING 24 Sheets-Sheet l Filed. Aug. 26 1942 0.77? W Su M917 l IIIIV u @www Jan. 2, 1945. Q w SUTTER 2,366Q572 BOOKBINDING File@ Aug. '26, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Y i' 3m, s. LQWSQ are` formed, j has Patented Jan. 2, 1945 s I UNITED ,STATES N oFFICEf I I I gassen s I noonlrinirici` I o OttoIW. Sutter; Fondi du LacgIWis'., assignorrto' American Type Founders, Inc., Elizabeth; NIJ.,

ar, corporation ot New Jersey I t I I l Application August 26,` 1942;; serial N. 456x546 `riclaiins. (c1. 15a-4r I I This invention relates to book binding and more particularly to the securing of stripping to I the leaves prior to applying andsecuring the cover `of'the book in `place,` and has for the primary object the provision of a simplegelcientand Vinexpensive machine capable of supporting and moistening the binding material as used andrfor s guiding the assembled or stapled leaves of the plane.. head1 portion A acts as a stop for limiting the slidingmovement of the carriage in one direction of the base and has adjustably mounted on. its top face opposedflat Wearplates 9"which may be adjusted toward and `from each other in accordance with the Width of the bindingr strip employed; The opposed edges of the wear I plates act as guides' for the binding strip as it book with the binding material engaged therewith under pressure tobring about tight adhesion oith'ebiriding` material with the leaves and"`for cutting the binding material inproper lengths in accordance with the size of the book, the machine (being easily adjusted to accommodate of;

different` sizes. l

`With these and other objects in View aswillbe`` come more apparent as the description proceeds,

is moved over the top face ofthe rest 6.`

The carriage 8 includes oppositely arranged" I guide plates I0 eachfof L shapeand` slidably` entheinvention consists incertain novel features ofv construction, combination `and arrangementof.`

parts as Will lbe hereinafter more fully described"` and claimed.

` For-a complete understanding of my invention, I

reference is to be hadto the following'description and) accompanying drawings, in which Figure l isa side elevation illustrating amachine for `applying stripping and constructed in t accordance with my invention;

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Figure 3 2 is a mfp' pian view illustrating' triennal,`

isa transverse sectional viewtaken on mating trie mounting of the knife audits drive connectionwithfa stop shaft. t I s Figure 7` is a fragmentary transverse sectional view showing the leaves of a book passing through certain guides of the machine for adheringthere-V to the `binding material or stripping.

Referring in detail to the drawings the. nu-

` meral 5` indicates an elongated flatv face and.` has` I formedupon the top facethereof a substantially T'LShapedportion B providing Ia. Work rest and has on `opposite sides thereof,` undercutshoulders being ofj T'shape has the head portion A thereof ofa length equalto the width` of the. base.` The.

the base. I

The portions A andpreseritilat bearing suri-` .fs which Suffice tically `from the'guide-'plates` IU are pairs of sup- `porti`ngpl`ates Iil` and'l2 which are secured there.`

to in any` well known manner for releasably se-f I curingthe carriage 8 on the rest. By backing off the setscrews `I3` the carriage 8` may be adjusted endwi'se of the rest.

The supporting plates I I are provided `with notches I4 intheir upper ends and offset laterally from each other andreceive pins I5 secured to ends of a reservoir I6. The pins fitting in the slots 'I4 and the latter being oifset laterally will prevent the reservoir from tilting or tipping on the supporting' plates I'II and will permit easy removal of the reservoir from the carriage whendesired owing to the slots I4`- openingoutwardly through theII upper ends' of the supporting plates Ill. I I s I The underface ofthe reservoir I6 has secured thereon an absorbent material providing an ap-` plicator |11 which extends into theinterior of the reservoir to beoomeImoist.` A roller I8 is carried by the supporting plates.. II directlylunder theV absorbent material I'II for' the purposeof guiding.

the binding strip'` against said absorbent material are mounted on the shaft 20 and provided with `1` acting` as a guide for a carriage 8, The rest 6T I notches 23 in the lower ends. thereof to receive a rod. 24Iconnecting the supporting plates. I2. Nuts 25 are threadedon theshaft "2B and engage the I drag plates; thereby permitting the drag plates *tolbe adjusted relative `to each other for accom-v modating` rollsof binding materalof` different widths and for varying thepressure` :ofthe-,1` drag plateson the roll of the binding material supportedby the shaft. I I

It is to be understood thatthe reservoir has,

Water therein for` the purpose. of. moistening the;`

material I lTI and I that; the binding materialhas. I

adhesive material applied to one face thereof. In rolling the binding material in roll form the adhesive material is disposed uppermost as the binding material feeds off of the roll.

The wear plates 9 have slots 26 opening outwardly throughedges thereof to receive set screws 21 that thread into the rest 6 or the head portion `A thereof wherebythe wear plates may be adjusted toward each other and from each other and removed when necessary.

n Book guide plates 28 are adjustably mounted on the top faces of the wear plates and may be adjusted toward and from each other to accommodate books of different thicknesses and each is of substantially L-shape. The guide plates 28 have notches 29 opening outwardly through edges i thereof lto receive set screws 30 threaded into the plates 3| on the base and permit said plates 3|y to be adjusted toward and from each other to accommodate books of different thicknesses. The ends of the plates 3| remote from the Aplates 28 are equipped with bowed pressure exertingspring fingers 34 through which the` book may pass on leaving the plates 3| to. apply additional pressure against the binding, strip or the portions thereof engaging the outermost leaves of the book.J

The brackets 32 are of substantially L-shape equipped with vnotches 35 to receive set screws 36 threaded into the base. The pair of `brackets 33 are also provided with notches indicated by the character 31 to receive set screws 38 threaded in the base 5. The brackets 32 and 33 being thusA connected to the base will permit the plates 3|y to be easily adjusted toward and fromA each other and still kept in parallelism.

The brackets 33 are of a shape, as shown in Figure 4, so that they may support auxiliary guide plates 39 in a plane above the plates 3|. By referring to Figure 4 it will be seen that the plates 3| form rests to engage the binding strip to bring about folding of the binding strip against the outside leaves of the book as the latter is forced downwardly between the plates 3|,-the book being guided by the plates 39 as it leaves the plates 23 and after a certain movement of the book endwiseof the plates 3| it becomes disengaged iro-m the guide plates 39.

The vertical edges of the guide plates 39 opposing the guide plates 28 are flared outwardly so that the book may readily move between the guide plates 39 on moving from between the guide plates 28.

A xed knife blade 40 traverses the base between the head portion A of the rest and the plates 3|, the upper edge of which is in a plane slightly below the plane of the horizontal portions of the plates 3| and the top face of the portion A of the rest 5 so that the binding strip may pass thereover.

The knife blade 40 forms a part of a bracket 4| fixed on the base 5. The bracket 4| rotatably supports one end of a shaft 42, the other end of the shaft being rotatably supported by a bracket 43 mounted on the base 5. The shaft 42 has fixed thereto a gear 44 which meshes with a gear 45. The gear 45 is secured to a short shaft 46 'journaled in the bracket 4| and has secured Vmay have a limited sliding movement in the bracket 4| as well as being rotatable in the bracket so that the spring 5U may tension the movable knife with respect to the fixed knife blade so as to assure a shearing action between the movable knife and the fixed knife blade during the pivotal movement of the knife blade.

An adjustable book stop 54 is adjustably secured to the shaft 42 and is adapted to rotate with the latter and may be adjusted endwise of said shaft for operation in conjunction with books of different sizes. The mounting of the stop 54 on the shaft is such that the stop will transverse and rest on the plates 3| when theknife is disposed vertically as shown in Figure l and as the knife is moved into operative or horizontal cutting position, the stop 54 is swung upwardly to allow a book to pass on its movement from between the plates 3| and the spring fingers 34.

In operation, after the binding material has been brought across the roller I8 with its adhesive surface disposed uppermostvit is fed along the rest 6 until the free end ofthe binding material is adjacent to the fixed knife blade 40. Portions of the binding strip will be disposed under the guide plates 28, as clearly shown in Figure 2. A partially constructed book, consisting of leaves arranged'in book formation and stapled together is then positioned between the guide plates 28 as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 with the stapled edges of the leaves against the adhesive surface of the binding strip. The book of leaves is then slid to the left in Fig. 1, causing the strip of.

i binding material to move therewith and enters between the guide plates 39 with the stripof binding material contacting the upper surfaces of the plates 3|. This movementl of the bookfof leaves is continued until the book of leaves abuts the stop arm 54. The knife blade 40' isthen swung downwardly severing lthe strip of binding material to a length proper for the book. vThe downward movement of the knife blade 40 elevates the stop arm 54, so that the book of leaves may be moved further to the leftl in Fig. 1. At this time the operator presses the book of1eaves downwardly between the plates 3| and at the same time with a movement to the left. The downward movement of the book of leaves between the plates 3|, brings about folding of the strip of binding material against the outer leaves of the book. During the continued movement of the book of leaves to the left the spring fingers 34 force the folded portions of the strip of bindl ing the stop 54 into a lowered position ready for ilghekoperation on the next partially constructed The carriage 8 being adjustable on the rest `6 may be adjusted endwise thereof so that when' different size books `are being acted upon the car;v

riage can be' adjusted into a position so that an excessive amount of the binding strip will not be `exposed beyond the moistening pad and become bination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and `scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In a device of the character described, a

by said rest and adjustable endwisel thereof, means onsaid carriage to support a roll of ad- `hesive tape for feeding over and in engagement with the rest and to be engaged by leaves in book formation manually moved endwise of the rest,

\ a moistener on the carriage engaged bythe tape prior to the leaves engaging said tape, folding plates on the base in a plane below the rest to receive therebetween the leaves manually moved from the rest and acting to fold portions of the tape on said leaves during `the manual movement of the leaves relative to said` plates, guide plates adjustable relative to each other for guiding the leaves during movement relative to therest, said folding plates acting to guide the `leaves during the manual movementthereof relative to said folding plates.

`2. In a device of the character described, a`

base, a flat rest on said base, a carriage carried by said rest and adjustable endwise,` thereof,

`means on said carriage to support a roll of adhesive tape for feeding over and in engagement with the rest and to be engaged by leaves in book formation manually moved endwise of the rest,

amoistenery on the carriage engaged by the tape prior to the leaves engaging said tape, folding plates on the base in a plane below the rest to the manual movement thereof relative to said,`

folding plates, and spring fingers on saidfolding plates to engage the folded portions `of the `tape and press the latter against the leaves during manual movement of said leaves from said folding plates and relative to said ngers.

3. In a device of the character described, a base, a flat rest on said base, a carriage carried by base, a flat rest on said base, a carriage carried` said rest and adjustable endwise thereof, means on said carriage to support a roll of adhesive tape for feeding over and in engagement with the rest and to be engaged by leaves in book formation` vmanually moved endwise of the resta moistener on the carriage engaged by the tape prior `to the leaves engaging said tape, folding plates onthe base in a plane below the rest to receive therebetween the leaves manually moved from the rest and acting to fold portions of the tape on` said leaves during the manual movement of the leaves relative to said plates, guide plates adjustable relative to each other for guiding the leaves dur` ing movement relative to the` rest, said folding plates acting to guide the leaves during the manualmovement thereof relative to said folding plates, spring ngers on said folding plates to engage the folded portions of the tape and press the latter against theleavesduring manual movement of said leaves from said folding plates and relative to said fingers, and a manually operated cutting means including fixed and movable blades between the rest and said folding plates.

4. In a device of the character described, a'

base, a flat rest on said base, a carriage carried by said rest and adjustable` endwise thereof, means on said carriage to support a roll of adhesive` tape for feeding over and in engagement with the rest and to be engaged by leaves in book formation manually moved endwise of the rest, a moistener on the carriage engaged by the tape prior to the leaves engaging said tape, folding plates on the basein a plane below 4the rest to receive therebetween the leaves manually moved from the rest and acting to fold portions of the tap on said leaves during the manual movement of the leaves relative to saidplates, guide plates adjustable relative to each other for guiding the leaves during movement relative to the rest, said folding plates acting to guide the leaves during the manual movement thereof relative to said folding plates, spring fingers on said folding plates to engage the folded portions of the tape and press the latter against the leaves during manual movement of said leaves fromlsaid folding plates and relative to said fingers, a manually operated cutting means including fixed and movable blades between the rest andv said vfolding plates, a shaft rotatable by said movable blade and journaled onkthe base, and a stop arm secured to the shaft to traverse the folding plates during one position of the movable blade and to assume a position vertically of the folding plates during a second position of the movable blade.

OTTO W. SUTTER. 

